12.65 Thin (in Dimension)
- Q. fimbë adj. “slim, slender”
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A word for “slim, slender” derived from the root √PHIM and cognate to S. fim of the same meaning (PE17/23).
- ᴹQ. ninde adj. “slender, *thin”
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A word for “slender” in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√NIN-DI “fragile, thin” (Ety/NIN-DI).
Neo-Quenya: For purposes of Neo-Quenya, I would also use this word for “*thin” based on the meaning of its root.
- ᴹQ. teren adj. “slender; [ᴱQ.] lissom, lithe”
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An adjective appearing as teren or terene “slender” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, derived from ᴹ✶terēn(ē) under the root ᴹ√TER “pierce” (Ety/TER). The Qenya Lexicon of the 1910s had ᴱQ. teren “lissom, lithe” under the early root ᴱ√TEŘE [TEÐE] also having to do with piercing, but Tolkien marked ᴱQ. teren with a “?” (QL/91).
- S. fim adj. “slender, slim”
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A word for “slim, slender” derived from the root √PHIM (PE17/23, 82), appearing as an element in the name Fimbrethil “Wandlimb” (LotR/475) which is more literally “slender-birch”.
- N. ninn adj. “slender”
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The Etymologies of the 1930s had ninn as a cognate to ᴹQ. ninde “slender”, both derived from the root ᴹ√NIN-DI “fragile, thin” (Ety/NIN-DI).
Neo-Sindarin: I would adapt this word as ᴺS. nind as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD), in keeping with the notion that “nd remained at the end of fully accented monosyllables” (LotR/1115).
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. minedh glossed “fine, slender” (PE13/150) or “thin, fine, small” (PE13/164), derived from primitive ᴱ✶miniyā.
- N. thlinn adj. “fine, slender”
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The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. thlind “fine, slender” (GL/73), likely related to ᴱQ. sild(r)a “slender” derived from the early root ᴱ√SḶŘḶ [ÞḶÐḶ] (QL/84). The Etymologies of the 1930s also had N. thlinn, thlind “fine, slender”, but there it was derived from the root ᴹ√SLIN (Ety/SLIN) with the initial sl becoming thl as was generally the case in Noldorin of the 1930s.
Neo-Sindarin: In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, initial sl became voiceless lh, so I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lhind as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).
- G. thribin adj. “lean”
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The Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s had G. thribin “lean” (GL/73) likely based on the early root ᴱ√SIRIPI having to do with various stem/stalk words (QL/84).
Neo-Sindarin: I retain and adapt this early root as ᴺ√THIRIP “stalk”, so I would retain and adapt the Gnomish word as ᴺS. thriben “lean”, using -en as a more typical Sindarin adjective suffix.
- N. trîw adj. “fine, very slender”
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An adjective in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “fine, slender” derived from ᴹ✶terēwā “piercing, keen” under the root ᴹ√TER “pierce” (Ety/TER).
Conceptual Development: Early Noldorin word-lists of the 1920s had ᴱN. tlui “slender” derived from ᴱ✶t:loise and cognate to ᴱQ. toloise “rounded, cylindrical” (PE13/154).
12.65 Thin (in Density)
- Q. finda adj. “fine and delicately made”
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An adjective glossed “fine & delicately made” in Notes on Names (NN) from 1957 based on the root √PHĬN “clever, fine, delicate” (PE17/181).
- N. thlein adj. “lean, thin, meagre”
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The Etymologies of the 1930s had N. {thlîn >>} thlein derived from ᴹ✶slinyā “lean, thin, meagre” under the root ᴹ√SLIN (Ety/SLIN) with the initial sl becoming thl as was generally the case in Noldorin of the 1930s.
Neo-Sindarin: In Sindarin of the 1950s and 60s, initial sl became voiceless lh and ei became ai in final syllables, so I would adapt this word as ᴺS. lhain as suggested in Hiswelókë’s Sindarin Dictionary (HSD).